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animal suicide : ウィキペディア英語版 | animal suicide
Animal suicide refers to self-destructive behavior displayed by various species of animal that becomes likened to suicide. == Self-destruction ==
Carpenter ants and some species of termite will rupture glands in a process called ''autothysis''. Termites will use autothysis to defend their colony, as the ruptured gland produces a sticky secretion that leads to a tar baby effect in defense.〔(Maschwitz, U. and E. Maschwitz, 1974. Platzende Arbeiterinnen: Eine neue Art der Feindabwehr bei sozialen Hautflüglern. Oecologia Berlin 14:289–294 ) (in German)〕 When threatened by a ladybug, the pea aphid will explode itself, protecting other aphids and sometimes killing the ladybug.〔
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